Also known as Reef 1475
Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.8° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 98.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dewal Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• beds 59-68, about 40 m thick, Frasnian part of the reef complex
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 1985. Phénomènes récifaux dans le Dévonien d'Afghanistan (Montagnes Centrales) - Analyse et systématique des Stromatopores. Societe Geologique du Nord (11)1-381 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75031: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 16.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
? Bairdiacypris sp. Bradfield 1935 ostracod | |
? Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Strophomenata | |
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924 | |
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Anthozoa | |
? Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral | |
? Aulostegites sp. Lejeune and Pel 1973 tabulate coral | |
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Scoliopora "sp. 1" Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge | |
cf. Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stictostroma uralense stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma afghanense Mistiaen 1985 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stachyodes verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge |